InterviewStream

Most of you know that the Career Center offers mock interviews--sometimes with companies, and other times with our staff--that help you become prepared for an actual interview with your dream employer. This is a helpful service for you to utilize, but we have something else that compliments the experience.

The Career Center has an account on InterviewStream, which is a website that allows you to take video of yourself asking questions that are prepared by the software. Once complete, you can review your "interview" and take notes on what you need to improve. You'll notice that you move too much in your chair, making you seem fidgety, which can be off-putting to an interviewing. There is even a "like" and "um" counter that works to help you get rid of that habit of filling in space.

InterviewStream is by no means a substitute for mock interviews, nothing can replace the experience of talking to an actual person. But it allows you to realize areas that you need to improve about your appearance and presentation when you are in an interview.

If you go to Valparaiso University's InterviewStream page and make an account, you can utilize the program as much as you feel you need. If you have a webcam, you can do it right from your dorm room. If you don't have one, then you can stop by the Career Center and make an appointment to use it in one of our back rooms.

So, if you have an interview coming up, feel free to sign up for a mock interview and a session with InterviewStream. Both of these will work to make that tense interview go smoothly.